title: A modular magnetic platform for Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery.
abstract: Modern surgery is currently developing NOTES (Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery) robotic approaches to enable scarless surgical procedures. Despite of the variegated devices proposed, they still have several limitations. In this work, we propose a surgical platform composed of specialized modules, in order to provide the overall system with adequate stability, dexterity and force generation. The concept behind the platform, the main modules and their performance are described to highlight the system potential to outperform current NOTES procedures.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tortora
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salerno
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ranzani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tognarelli
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dario
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Menciassi
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D060328:Magnetic Phenomena; D057605:Natural Orifice Endoscopic Surgery / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation